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Irrigation Water Quality Program has been inactive.

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NIWQP Project/Study Area—

Salton Sea

Background

The NIWQP's activities were restricted to assisting in other ongoing programs that may help meet NIWQP goals at minimal costs. For example:

Assisted in evaluating wetlands that were being developed in the Imperial Valley. These wetlands were constructed under a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. The wetlands may be suitable for removal of selenium and other contaminants in drains and the New and Alamo Rivers.

Provided technical input on plans to transfer water from the Imperial Irrigation District to Southern California coastal areas. Some of these plans may have a significant impact on selenium concentrations in drains, the New and Alamo Rivers, and the Salton Sea.

Schroeder, R.A., And Anders, Robert, 1997, An assessment of chemical contaminants in the New River and environmental implications for the Salton Sea, California: American Water Resources Association, 33rd Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, October 19-23, 1997, 1 p.

Schroeder, R.A., 1996, Transferability of environmental assessments in the Salton Sea basin, California, and other irrigated areas in the western United States to the Aral Sea basin, Uzbekistan, in Micklin, P.P., and Williams, W.D., ed., The Aral Sea Basin: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Critical Scientific Issues of the Aral Sea Basin: State of Knowledge and Future Research Needs," Tashkent, Uzbekistan, May 2-5, 1994: NATO ASI Series, Partnership Sub-Series, 2. Environment-v. 12, Springer-Verlag, p. 121-137.

Schroeder, R.A., Setmire, J.G., And Densmore, J.N., 1991, Use of stable isotopes, tritium, soluble salts, and redox-sensitive elements to distinguish ground water from irrigation water in the Salton Sea basin, in Ritter, W.F., ed., Proceedings of the 1991 National Conference: Irrigation and Drainage Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 22-26, 1991, p. 524-530.